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My company specializes in small business websites. We do basic seo (keyword rich content, meta data, limited link building) with our standard package. We are in the process of developing a "business pro" package with more emphasis placed on seo and link building.

Just wondering if anybody has a good link building software or service they could recommend? We were looking into ubl.org, but it seems like they don't get very good reviews. So something similar would be ideal, but we are open.

Natural link building may be slower but mostly appreciated. Actually I prefer the manual link building process rather than the automated. But If you're really searching any software then take a glimpse on LinkNabber.com.

Many are fancy at link building and jump into using software tools to boost their links in various web platform. As we are aware that Google has slapped on all spam links recently. So I would like to stick on manual back links rather than automated one.

Are there any definitive guides out there for manual link building? I see so much talk about it but I can never seem to find a real "action plan" to start building strong backlinks for my site. Can anyone recommend one or is there a good topic here on ABW perhaps?

To start building strong backlinks for your site, seek out related sites and contact the webmaster to see if they are interested in linking to your site. Often adding a link to their content from your site will get them to take a look at what your site has to offer their visitors and link back to your content. That is a good backlink.

Are there any definitive guides out there for manual link building? I see so much talk about it but I can never seem to find a real "action plan" to start building strong backlinks for my site. Can anyone recommend one or is there a good topic here on ABW perhaps?

1: Link exchange with related websites

2: Commenting in blogs with an intention to comment, not merely for the sake of a backlink
(it would be great to check first whether a blog is dofollow or not)

Best way is to offer content that is of value to your readers/visitors. If you do that with sincerity and keep at it for a while inbound links will almost take care of themselves. I very seldom ask anyone for a link exchange unless they want to be listed in a directory on one of my community sites.

Evidently I have some information that others want to see/share. I was just looking through some stats this morning and noticed an inbound link from site promoting a local conference (held last week) important to Maryland business development. The site is: US-Balkans Business Summit and they actually linked to one of my Baltimore site hotel pages. (Sweet - I did see a couple of bookings come through from European travelers.)

In short - build something USEFUL and people will provide a way for others to find it. Similar to that line from the film, Field of Dreams.